Candida albicans Prosthetic Joint Infection After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Rare Case Report. 2022

Mohammad Mahdi Sarzaeem, and Amin Norouz Beigi, and Reza Tavakoli Darestani, and Farzad Amuzadeh Omrani, and Mojtaba Baroutkoub, and Alireza Manafi Rasi
Department of Orthopedic, School of Medicine, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

In this article, a 75-year-old patient with pain in left knee and restricted range of motion following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is presented. Serological evaluation and aspiration of knee joint suggested a fungal prosthetic joint infection. After the diagnosis was confirmed, treatment started with antifungal drugs, removing prosthesis, exhaustive debridement, and revision of TKA after efficient antifungal treatment. At one-year follow-up, she has a painless motion range of 10 to 90 degrees, and there was no recurrence of infection observed.

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